Yell County Judge Brad Wear declared a vacancy on the Quorum Court during Monday night's meeting.

Wear has submitted a resolution of the vacancy of Justice Bob Lyons' position after he suffered a stroke last November. Wear recommended to Gov. Mike Beebe, who will appoint someone to fill the vacancy, that Lyons' wife, Donna, fill his position.

"I'm pretty sure he will fulfill the request," Wear said. "Lyons had about a year and a half left of the term."

The last time Wear had to submit a vacancy resolution to the governor was during former Gov. Mike Huckabee's term. He said the position was filled within a month.

In other business

The court also approved appropriations of a new computer system for District Court. The system crashed about two weeks ago, Wear said, and had to be totally replaced. He said the cost of the new system was about $12,000 and was installed last week.

The re-appointment of Philip Alexander and Emory Vess to the equalization board was approved during the meeting. The board handles disputes of taxpayers after assessments have been made by the county assessor, such as property tax disputes.